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The NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet offers a unique and unforgettable experience for both the audience and young musicians and vocalists. The Musical Wunderkind Strings program features talented young string musicians who accompany the Principal Ballerina in Saint Saens\u2019 \u201cDying Swan\u201d before the NUTCRACKER! performance. Meanwhile, the Musical Wunderkind Choirs program provides an opportunity for local student choirs to perform alongside the ballet company in the \u201cWaltz of the Snowflakes\u201d scene. These community engagement programs are part of NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet\u2019s educational mission to provide arts enrichment for local communities.<\/p>\n
Want to participate?<\/strong> Email dance@nutcracker.com<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#005640″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||255px||false|false” border_radii=”off|200px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.20.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”font-size-cus ” _builder_version=”4.20.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_2_text_align=”left” header_2_text_color=”#FAF4EE” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”||30px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||30px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||30px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Youth string performers have the opportunity to play the main stage in your city with NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet Prima Ballerinas. Pre-show, top performing young musicians are invited to play Saint Saens famous \u201cDying Swan\u201d, accompanied by the Principal Artist performing that evening.<\/p>\n \u201cNUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet\u2019s \u201cMusical Wunderkind<\/a>\u201d was\u2026exquisite [violinist] Champney expertly conveyed all of the complexities in the beauty of life and death that the piece \u2018Dying Swan\u201d illustrates, while ballerina Bortiakova danced in sync with fluid perfection to each note.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iAszk7JIpuI&t=115s” image_src=”\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/iAszk7JIpuI\/hqdefault.jpg” _builder_version=”4.20.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”10px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”font-size-cus ” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_2_text_color=”#FAF4EE” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”||30px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||30px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||30px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n DC Metro and Theatre Arts, Bethesda Saint Saens famous 3 minute \u201cDying Swan\u201d was inspired by swans that legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova saw in public parks just months after becoming a ballerina at Saint Petersburg\u2019s Imperial Mariinsky Opera\/Ballet Theatre<\/a>. Choreographer Michel Fokine, who choreographed the work exclusively at Anna\u2019s request, remarked in Dance Magazine<\/a> (August 1931), \u201cIt was almost an improvisation\u2026 she danced and I walked alongside her, curving her arms and correcting details of poses.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/nutcracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rectangle-4734-4.jpg” title_text=”Rectangle 4734 (4)” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_divider color=”#faf4ee” divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”50px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][wdc_content_carousel arrow_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” arrow_bg=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” slide_count_tablet=”2″ slide_count_phone=”1″ slide_count_last_edited=”on|phone” module_class=”text-capitalize icon-change” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” 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University Tanglewood Institute in the summer of 2019 and is currently the associate concertmaster of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. <\/span><\/p>\n ” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”||||||||” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” title_font_size=”25px” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/wdc_content_carousel_child][wdc_content_carousel_child photo=”https:\/\/nutcracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Levi-Jensen-Albuquerque-2019.jpg” title=”Levi Jensen” body_content=”<\/p>\n Albuquerque\u2019s Levi Jensen<\/strong> has been a member of Mad About Music (MAM), an all-strings folk music group, which has toured both nationally and internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n ” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”||||||||” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” title_font_size=”25px” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/wdc_content_carousel_child][wdc_content_carousel_child 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Goedert<\/strong> attended a composition workshop at Oberlin Conservatory and his plans for college are major in Music Composition and Chemistry.<\/span><\/p>\n ” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”||||||||” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” title_font_size=”25px” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/wdc_content_carousel_child][wdc_content_carousel_child photo=”https:\/\/nutcracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hayward-Violinist-Mathew-Nyugen-outdoors..jpg” title=”Matthew Nguyen” body_content=”<\/p>\n Hayward\u2019s Matthew Nguyen<\/strong> plays at least 10 concerts per year with his High School orchestra and his favorite piece to play in Johann Christian Bach\u2019s Symphony in G-minor, Op. 6, No. 6.<\/span><\/p>\n ” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”||||||||” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” title_font_size=”25px” body_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/wdc_content_carousel_child][wdc_content_carousel_child 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The choristers are 7 to 18 years old and rehearse prior to their performance with experienced and award-winning music directors. The live performance experience, in some of the country\u2019s finest theaters and performing art centers, is an invaluable and rare opportunity for the young vocalists!<\/p>\n Many people are not aware that Pytor Tchaikovsky\u2019s score for The Nutcracker\u2019s The Waltz of the Snowflakes includes a wordless chorus. Tchaikovsky instructed that \u201cThis chorus should comprise 12 sopranos and 12 altos. It is all the more desirable that they should be youths from a choir.\u201d<\/p>\n NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet\u2019s Musical Wunderkind is just one community engagement program fulfilling NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet\u2019s educational mission to provide arts enrichment for the local communities it performs in. Other programs include Musical Wunderkind Strings<\/a>,\u00a0New Horizons<\/a>,\u00a0Fine Art<\/a>, and\u00a0Dance with Us<\/a>\u00a0programs.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#2e2e2e” divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.20.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”50px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][wdc_content_carousel slide_count=”2″ arrow_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” arrow_bg=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” slide_count_tablet=”2″ slide_count_phone=”1″ slide_count_last_edited=”on|phone” module_class=”text-capitalize red-icon” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#FFFFFF” subtitle_text_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][wdc_content_carousel_child photo=”https:\/\/nutcracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Baltimore-with-Alyson-Shirk-from-back-center.jpg” title=”American Kod\u00e1ly Children\u2019s Chorus ” body_content=”<\/p>\nMUSICAL WUNDERINKIND STRINGS<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMUSICAL WUNDERINKIND CHOIRS<\/h2>\n